Nintendo NX / Switch Discussion

[bigdaddy]

$300 is too much. Right there they are shooting themselves in the foot. People will rather buy a $300 PS4 that is bundled with a game than a Switch.

REGION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eastman23]

Region free, March 3rd launch date, $299.99 in US, similar prices elsewhere. Paid online service starting in fall 2017, free until then.

Price is on the high end of what I've heard many people suggest they needed to hit. A lot of people were thinking $249.99 is what they were going to hit instead.

We'll have to see the storage specs and if there any pack-ins.

Holy crap - up to 8 systems for local wireless gaming?!

$399.99 in Canada.

 

[Aldo]

Motion control for the Joycons. I like that since we'll still get gyro controls for many games. Most notably the Splatoon port (or sequel, I guess we'll find out soon).

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I love that it comes with a controller strap, very Wii. You'll need it for ice cube mode.

 

[eastman23]

And there's our first game of the presentation - "1 2 Switch". Looks like just a mini-game collection that uses a lot of that functionality we just saw in the JoyCons.

Wonder if that's our pack-in game?

 

[bigdaddy]

1 2 Switch is Wii Sports 2017. AKA completely useless waste of time. I have never bowled less than 298 in Wii Bowling.

 

[Aldo]

1 2 Switch is Wii Sports 2017. AKA completely useless waste of time. I have never bowled less than 298 in Wii Bowling.

I always suspsected that the game screwed you up if you were close to a perfect game. My personal best was close to 270 I think.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

The youtube chat window is going apoplectic lol.

 

[bigdaddy]

I always suspsected that the game screwed you up if you were close to a perfect game. My personal best was close to 270 I think.

No, I almost always got 298, I never got less than 290. I picked the game up and scored 295 my first try. My friend was shocked and pissed. You find the spot just to the right and get a strike every time.

This is dreadful to watch the slow downfall of Nintendo. They don't seem to have learned anything fro the last several years.

 

[eastman23]

LOL, I don't doubt it (the youtube chat going nuts)

Eh, this Arms game looks ok. But it is definitely something that would have come out in the Wii era. Time to move on Nintendo.

 

[Aldo]

Gamefaqs is filling up with people proclaiming they won't be buying this...

...based on the two silly games that are revealed so far. Morons

 

[eastman23]

YES! Splatoon!

Dodge rolling? Bouncing seekers? Jetpacks? Aw crap...

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I'm kind of curious how this controller functionality works with it being on-the-go, it seems a bit at odds with that functionality.

 

[Aldo]

I never got Splatoon on the WiiU, so this will be a buy for me.

Edited: Ooh it's a sequel. That's even better.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I want to work at the Squid Research Lab.

Whoa, it looks like a Sonic Adventure take on Mario.

 

[bigdaddy]

Oh..... Mario in city... not good. I don't want Mario to be in the real world, I want Mario in the mushroom kingdom.

 

[Aldo]

The games going to be sandbox ala Mario 64 and Mario Sunshine. I'm sold.

 

[Aldo]

Dammit it's a holiday release.

 

[eastman23]

Mario game looks pretty good. I'll give it a look when it comes out.

But already sold on the Monolift Soft game - Xenoblade 2. Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles X were great.

Fire Emblem Warriors!

 

[bigdaddy]

The games going to be sandbox ala Mario 64 and Mario Sunshine. I'm sold.

Mario Sunshine isn't something that should ever be repeated in a game.

I'm curious, what the hell is going to be a launch title? It better be Zelda.